Yes, the same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so nothing dripping from the roof lands on clean panes. We price it by the number of stories, and both jobs done together cost less than booking two separate trips. Our crew works through the spring and fall calendar on Olmsted houses, which is when most of our customers book, and the estimate is the number on the invoice.
Priced by stories, not by a visit. The bundle costs less than two trips, and the number on the phone is the number on the invoice.
The number we give on the phone is the number we charge, and it comes from stories and window count. Residential and commercial buildings are priced the same way, by stories and window count. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras. Bundling the gutters and the exterior glass into one visit is cheaper than two separate jobs, and the difference shows up on the estimate before anyone is booked. Regular cleanings and a one-time job show up as separate numbers, so you can see both before you book.
What we find on the day is what changes the quote. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time on the ladder. Oversized panes and picture windows take more time per pane. Gutters that have not been opened in years, packed with needles and leaves, take longer to clear, and gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before the run can be cleaned. Hard-water spotting from a sprinkler line is something no cleaning removes, so we flag it on the estimate rather than promise it away. Cleaning solutions and purified water for the glass are part of the price, and the price covers exterior glass only, so interior and exterior work is quoted as a separate visit if you ask.
On our Olmsted jobs, the houses that get the most out of a bundled visit are the ones with a lot of glass and a gutter system that has not been cleaned since the last time the glass was done. Our crew sees the pollen film on the outside windows and the packed needles in the downspout elbows in the same week, which is why both get booked together. For a number that fits your house, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house with the stories and an approximate window count, and we will send a written estimate from that.
| Gutters only | Exterior windows only | Both in one visit | |
|---|---|---|---|
| One story | from $150 | from $150 | from $240 |
| Two stories | from $195 | from $210 | from $325 |
| Three stories | from $255 | from $285 | from $430 |
For context, nationally. Angi puts the average US gutter cleaning at $168, most homeowners paying $119 to $234 (Angi, 2026). Exterior-only window cleaning runs roughly $4 to $10 per window, or $100 to $250 for a typical home, with $3 to $5 per window more on upper stories (Angi, HomeGuide, via Google AI Overview, Oct 2026). Priced by stories, the most common model, a two-story gutter cleaning sits around $150 to $300 nationally. If a quote you are holding sits far outside these, ask what is driving it.
On every house we work, the first scoop out of a gutter ends up on the wall below it. We put the glass last so it ends up there once.
Gutters first, glass last. That is the order on every job our crew does, and it is the reason we book both with one crew instead of sending two.
What we see from the ladder. When we clear a run, the leaves, the grit and the black water that sits under them come down the wall and across any window below it. Flushing a downspout throws more of it, in a stream, onto the panes beside the outlet. If the glass was washed first, someone has to wash them again before we are off the ladder. So we do the roof blow-off, clear the gutters, flush every downspout, give the wall a few minutes to stop dripping, and only then start on the glass. The panes under the downspout outlets are the last ones we touch on the house.
Two things we do differently from a window-only crew. We rinse the siding under each run before we move to the glass, so nothing left on the wall washes down onto it in the first rain. And we do the top-floor glass from the same ladder position as the gutter run, one setup per side of the house, which is where the bundle saving comes from: no second trip, no second setup.
Downspouts flushed, screens rinsed, sills wiped, bags hauled. None of it shows up as a line item.
Gutters. Roof blow-off where debris sits above the gutter line. Every run hand-cleared, not just the visible stretch from the ground. Every downspout flushed with water until it runs clear, and a blocked one cleared on the spot where it can be reached from above. A downspout that feeds a buried drain line is checked at the outlet; clearing the buried line is a separate job, quoted before anyone touches it. Debris bagged and taken away. Before-and-after photos of each run, sent to you before the crew leaves.
Windows, exterior only. Every reachable pane on the outside of the house, cleaned with a water-fed pole and purified water so the glass dries without streaks or towel lint. Frames wiped. Screens taken down, hand-rinsed and put back on request. Sills wiped. Upper-story windows done from the pole, not from a ladder leaned on the siding.
Not included, and we say so up front. Interior glass. Hard-water or sprinkler staining etched into the glass, which needs a separate mineral treatment and is quoted after the crew sees it. Post-construction paint, stickers or stucco. Skylights and solar panels. Pressure washing of siding, decks or driveways. Gutter guards: if a run is covered, lifting and reseating the guard adds time and is quoted by the foot before the visit, never on the day.
Twice a year for both, and the same two months, which is why one visit covers it.
On our Olmsted jobs most customers book both twice a year, in the spring and again in the fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for the calendar. Across Ohio the spring visit runs late May to June, and our fall visit runs November to early December. In spring it is the grit on south-facing panes and the sediment in the gutters. In fall it is the leaf load and the wet mat of debris that sits in the runs once the leaves drop. Across Ohio, severe thunderstorms and derechos can move the dates, and we keep both visits on the calendar so the spring and fall runs do not drift into the middle of summer or early winter.
Some houses need a third visit, and we tell customers up front which case they are in. Some window cleaners skip the gutters, so the runoff from the roof lands on glass they just finished. Heavy tree cover over the roof means clogged gutters between visits, with needles and grit packing the downspouts, and those houses get cleaned three or four times a year. Freeze risk is real here, so a gutter that stays clogged into a cold snap can hold water that freezes and causes water damage at the eaves. A sprinkler line hitting the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning, so those houses are on a shorter schedule to keep the mineral build-up from setting. Professional window cleaning on a set schedule keeps that from building up between visits. A house near a busy road or a construction site gets more grime on the glass between visits. Our crew sees the same thing on multi-story buildings and on the lower floors of homes with a lot of glass.
Windows need cleaning when you can see a haze on the glass only when the sun is low, or when water runoff has left streaks down the frame. Gutters need cleaning when water sheets over the edge in rain instead of running into the downspout, or when you can see the gutter sagging from the ground. Those are the signs we look for on every visit. Clean glass and clear gutters do more for curb appeal than most people expect, and this visit does not touch the windows inside the house.
Most two-story homes are done in a morning. You do not need to be there, and you get the photos either way.
The crew calls the day before with a two-hour arrival window, and again when they are on the way.
How long. This Old House puts a professional gutter cleaning at 30 minutes to an hour on a typical house. Exterior windows on the same house run about the same again or a little more, so plan on a morning for a two-story home and most of a day for three stories or a house with a lot of glass. Gutters that have not been touched in years, steep roofs and wraparound porches run longer.
Before the crew arrives. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, so the glass is dry and the ground is not mud. Move cars off the driveway if windows face it. Keep pets inside while ladders are up. Unlock side gates. Nothing else; the crew brings its own water and power.
While they work. Gutters first, glass last, as described above. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work; the crew does not come inside. If something cannot be reached safely (a pane over a sunroom roof, a gutter run behind a tree limb) the crew photographs it and tells you rather than guessing.
After. Photos of every gutter run and the finished glass, sent by text or email before the crew leaves. The invoice matches the number quoted on the phone.
Send a photo and we tell you what it is. No argument about whether it rained.
Streaks. Purified water dries clean; a streak means something was missed, and that is on us. Send us a photo of it and we tell you what it is.
Spots that come back. Round white spots that return a day after cleaning are mineral deposits from sprinklers or hard water etched into the glass, not dirt. Cleaning cannot remove them; a mineral treatment can. The crew flags it on the visit so you are not surprised.
Rain the next day. Rain is distilled water and does not dirty clean glass by itself; what spots glass after rain is dust already on the frame or screen washing down. That is why frames and screens are done, not just the pane. If it looks worse after a storm, send the photo and we look at it.
Overflow after a cleaning. If a gutter runs clean and still sheets water over the edge in the next rain, the cause is slope, a sagging hanger or an undersized downspout, not debris. The crew notes what it saw and tells you; cleaning it again will not fix it, and we will not sell you a second cleaning for a slope problem.
Your house. Ladder stand-offs on every ladder so nothing rests on the gutter lip or dents the siding. Screens go back in the window they came out of.
Neighborhood by neighborhood, with a lead time we say out loud, and a call before the truck turns in.
Our crew works across Olmsted for both window and gutter cleaning services, and the booking process is the same for every house. You call (866) 435-6328 or send a text with the number of stories and the approximate window count, and we send back a written estimate. For a house with a lot of glass, our window cleaning services are booked the same way as the gutters, in one call. Lead time depends on the calendar, and we will tell you the date when we confirm the estimate. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, and we call before we come so you know when the crew is on the way.
The busy windows are the spring visit and the fall leaf drop, when the calendar fills and slots go quickly. If you want a date in those windows, schedule service early and we will hold a slot for the visit. The crew cleans every window on the house from the outside, including the sill and the frame, and the gutters are done first so the glass is clean at the end. Residential properties, and every residential window job, is what we are set up for, and the same crew handles both gutter and window jobs on one visit.
Yes, the same two-person crew handles our window cleaning services and the gutters in one visit. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so the water and grime coming off the roof do not end up on clean windows.
We do not quote a figure without seeing the house. The number comes from the number of stories and the size of the house, and we give it by phone or text. Send the stories and a photo of the front, and we will give you a written estimate.
Yes, on houses and condos alike, because the outside carries most of the grime. Rain dust and sprinkler spots build up on the exterior glass, and an indoor cleaning will not remove dirt from the outside. The outside is where the spots form.
On our Olmsted jobs most customers book in spring and again in fall. The spring visit runs late May to June across Ohio, and the fall visit runs November to early December, so a spring slot and a fall slot cover the year for most houses.
Not if the gutters and downspouts are done first and the glass last. When we clear a run, the leaves and grit come down the wall, so the roof and gutters are done before the windows are touched.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped and frames are cleaned as part of the window job. Those are not billed as extras, and they are included in the estimate you get.
We do exterior glass only on this visit. We do not clean the inside of the windows, and the washing services we book here cover the glass and gutters, not the house siding. Ask us on the estimate call if you need something outside that scope.
No, you do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway if the windows face it, and keep pets inside while the ladders are up. Leave the side gate unlocked and the crew will do the rest.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
